Power Punch II NES Secrets and History | The Misguided and Forgotten Mike Tyson's Punch-Out Sequel
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Power Punch II NES Secrets and History | The Misguided and Forgotten Mike Tyson's Punch-Out Sequel - Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out captured the hearts of most NES fans when it released in 1987. The masterfully designed large sprites of the boxers along with each of them having their own fighting style brought not only an addictive challenge to us as players, but it established depth and even a personal connection to these characters that still holds true over 30 years later.
Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out fans experienced a brief glimmer of hope in an article from Electronic Gaming Monthly documenting upcoming Nintendo games from the 1991 Winter Consumer Electronics show. A new NES boxing game named Mike Tyson’s Intergalactic Power Punch was featured stating it was similar to Punch-Out and you actually controlled Tyson in this game. But when this game was eventually released in 1992, Mike Tyson’s name and likeness had been dropped and the game was now titled Power Punch II and faded into obscurity shortly after its launch. The story of Power Punch II’s development and relationship to Nintendo is controversial and not well understood.
Since many of us have such a strong connection to the Punch-Out franchise, I thought a deep dive into Power Punch II’s history and overall gameplay would be fun to explore and I can’t wait to share it with you now. Let’s get started! #NES #PunchOut #RetroGaming
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🔥If you enjoyed this video, could you do me a favor and share this video with your friends? It really helps the channel out tremendously. 🔥 Thanks for taking time to watch as always.
I almost always at least text the link to a few of my buddies, especially if it's about games we liked or made fun of (and still liked), like The Karate Kid, back to the future (I think u did one on that, but if not, I know u mention it), and especially JAWS, which I think is a vastly underrated game, and everyone I showed that game too, even in recent adult years, wind up liking it.. we spoke about this before, but I think LJN gets a bad rep, cuz they do indeed have some good games, IMO
GenerationGapGaming : That was a very solid research. The game never got an official release here in Sweden , although we’ve played it through emulators later , but it’s really informative and entertaining to get this much about background , history and development. Hats off to you for a well done video. (as usual , hahaha)
You made me buy the game lol 😆
Thanks for the great feedback everyone!
Thanks Roger!
I remember the day well when Mark Tyler lost his title to Duster Buglass. Such a big upset.
Lol. Duster Buglass Boxing was a great game on the Sega PlayStation too!!!
Mark Tyler never lost his title to Duster Buglass. Lol I had to. There’s always one lol
Oh man...
I don't get it
Luster Dugbass walked all over Tike Myson!
I wanted this game so bad as a kid. When I finally did play it when I was older, I realized I had missed nothing.
You are 100%corrected lol
Great video! Great research... some very interesting theories here and it makes a lot of sense. We may never know for sure
NESComplex Generation did a great job. This looks more like your type of gig maybe a co-lab between NES Complex and Generation maybe in the future...huh
Yeah there really aren't clear answers to this game on so many levels. I'd be down for a collab for sure too
8:13 mullet boy... GREAT step bros shirt btw
MAsterr Serch geez you found him again! Good eye
I just saw him before I saw your comment. Nice work.
Dude you're the man lol. Thanks about the shirt. I love it.
@@GenerationGapGaming lol thank you... I am trained in your jedi arts by count DOOOOkuuuu
Where did u buy the shirt at? Can u post the link?
this guy does more research for an nes game than i do for my term project
Lol. It's probably true
Mr. Dream vs. Mike Tyson would be a funny hack.
That would be cool for sure
I wish this game was better, I really like the idea of boxing aliens
I really wish it would have been given the proper care. Could have made for a redemption arc for Tyson. Like tie in his defeat to Little Mac from the original game. Lost opportunity for sure
The concept had potential, the execution was a fail.
Maybe lil mack as the final boss
I remember playing this game when I was a teenager. I had a friend who owned it. I remember it being frustrating. I always wondered why it was Power Punch II when there was never a part one. Great video!
I actually never saw it back in the day Jay. I'm sure it was weird to see back then. I would have been confused about the part II also.
My husband and I loved this video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it together. That makes me smile 😊
Please do Blaster Master. Love your videos and would like to hear your thoughts on one of my favorite childhood games.
I liked that game too
Optimus I definitely want to cover that one day. Sunsoft was such a great developer for the NES
GenerationGapGaming DID SOMEONE SAY SUUUUNNNNNSOOOOOOFFFFTTT?!
Great video. With so many bad games on NES, the seal of quality just meant that they paid the license to publish on NES..
You make a good point about the seal of quality
Great video man. Always love your tone and production quality. The archival footage was an awesome touch. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Nick! Glad you thought this video was worth making. I questioned myself lol
G3: “Mike Tyson was as real of a superhero that you could find in the 1980’s”
Me: *laughs in Hulk Hogan (brother)*
Lol you make a good point bruther
love the whole backstory. I don't think I knew any of that ha. I never played this one, and not really itching to try it ha. The box art is pretty cool though
I wouldn't scratch that itch to try it either Russ lol
This was a great watch. Awesome job!!!
As an avid MTPO player growing up, this game always fascinated me. I always felt like I was the only person who knew it existed since I owned it. While MTPO is difficult, at least it is fair and incredibly rewarding when you finally beat a tough opponent. You have to have quick reflexes with equally good timing to advance. PP2 is just awkward, clunky and not fun at all. There is no real strategy outside of getting better at the training segments which are also tedious.
MTPO is one of the most revered NES games ever and is chronicled so well that it's almost unbelievable how obscure its "successor" is even all these years later. Appreciate the insight.
Glad you enjoyed it Eric!
As someone who'll play Mike Tyson's Punchout obsessively sometimes, I'm so glad that Power Punch never came to pass.
Wow! Excellent research. I was one of the first in my school to own Mike Tyson's Punch out. One of my all time favorite games ever.
Bro, that step bros shirt. I WANT it!Anyways great content, couldnt find mullet boy on this one. Congrats.
Lol that was the first thing I noticed too, so awesome
Thanks Saul. I made mullet boy a little tougher this time lol. I love this shirt too. One of my faves now for sure
As always, you deliver an awesome video with your dedication and research. Looking forward to your next game information installment.
Thanks Jeff! Hope you've been doing well my friend
You are one of only a handful of retro gaming RUclips content providers that I will watch the video no matter the game or topic!! Great work!!
Chad that really makes me happy buddy! Have a great weekend.
@@GenerationGapGaming you too man!! I don't know ya but keep your head up. I saw your other video about your kids. Have you considered maybe pivotimh and starting another channel just for the kiddos? I hope when my daughter is a bit older and playing my Nintendo with me that she can find a bubble bobble video aimed at her!! 😊
Tried going through this game again, but I remembered how much my hands hurt afterwards and honestly think I'd pop in Ring King over PP2. My go to NES boxing game other than Punchout is definitely World Champ despite it only having a couple of sprites and then resort to sprite swapping later😁
Oh I definitely feel Ring King is better than Power Punch II Lee
The fishing commercial was for State Farm not Geico. Otherwise cool video!
Wow you are right! A little Mandela effect for me there. I would have bet good money that was Geico lol.
Wow!!! Just WOW!!! I've never even heard of this until this very moment...my mind is BLOWN!!!!!!!!!! I love your channel...
you are awesome not only because you make great videos but you actually take the time to read your comments and comment! keep up the good work
Thanks so much. I really try my best to respond to everyone.
I've played this game from a rental store in my hometown in Hampshire county wv. Wasn't born, but raised and proud. You're wv roots are great and I've admired that since I came across your channel
WV!!!!!!!! Man I miss the rental store experience
I had this game and loved it. There were one punch knockdowns like in Punch Out, but was hard to figure out. Spent a lot of time with the training so my stats were better. It's a little weird but I would recommend this game to boxing lovers!
I'd be interested to watch you play this one David. It would be fun to see.
Lol @ the long password. “Mmmm L-M-N-O-P” 😂
😂. Thanks Eric. I try to add a little humor. Sometimes it's corny
GenerationGapGaming The cornier the better! 😝
Power punch 2 is on the evercade cartage piko collection . The evercade is such a wonderful machine and the carts are well priced.
I played this game when it was in blockbuster. Had to have been 4 to 5 years old at the time since I'm 32 now.
First off, I love your videos/this channel. I just really like the calm, steady, informative approach and look forward to more. Awesome job every time!
Secondly, I may be able to help shed some light on the history of Power Punch II. I know it's the internet and anybody can say anything, so don't know how many people will believe this but I was the person who created the initial Wikipedia page for Power Punch II. I was a sophomore in college at the time and like most people who have heard of this game, I found it from just trying every game in a zip file of virtually every NES ROM. Thing was, I actually had some memory of this game as I remembered seeing what I believe was a review of it in an issue of Game Players magazine as a 8-9 year old kid. For anyone who doesn't remember or know, Game Players was kind of a rung below EGM and GamePro when it came to publication quality for video game magazines, so I found that they would feature and review more obscure titles since Nintendo Power, EGM, etc. would already be running features on the most popular games. Anyway, I was really confused as a kid as to why the game was called Power Punch II, why it had such a low score considering how great Punch-Out was, and I thought I recalled reading in that review about the game being intended as a sequel to Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! but Nintendo ultimately abandoning the project. While working as a research assistant part time, I was just surfing the internet one day while centrifuging some samples and came across the Wikipedia page for Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! It got me thinking about Power Punch II and I started searching for anything about it on the internet but couldn't find anything about it anywhere, so I created a Wikipedia page just going off what I thought I remembered about the game from that review. Now, I know people may be thinking I was purposely trying to spread misinformation or trolling but I really thought the article was innocuous because Wikipedia was definitely not what it is now, I didn't even fully understand what it was thanks to it being a relatively new thing, and of course I had no idea what Wikipedia would become. Imagine my surprise in finding out that what I wrote subsequently started to pop up elsewhere on the internet and become fairly accepted as the game's history. Part of me was like, well, it was really kind of a mash up of old memories and assumptions, but I also thought that with Wikipedia becoming more moderated over the years, someone would have fixed up the article had it been wrong, so that made me feel like maybe my memories and assumptions were correct. Your theories in the video I think are logical so it seems like I wasn't that far off but as far as Nintendo abandoning the project based on quality, yeah, that was totally me grasping at memory straws and probably filling in some blanks in my mind in trying to recall all the info in that review. Well, that's all I got and don't know if this helps or hurts clear up the history but at the very least maybe it's a bit of redemption to share this for maybe being partly responsible for starting some of the rumors about this game!
Awesome video Tyler!! I did not enjoy this game at all but it is interesting to see how this came about. Thanks for researching 🙂
Thanks Jluv. I 100% think the game sucks too lol
You forgot a major dev change once they ditched Iron Mike as protagonist. They made the character a southpaw. Super cool and informative video my dude, keep up the good work.
Wow Colin! Never noticed that. Nice catch man.
I think I played this game more than the first punch out when I was younger.
i liked it. got it for christmas when i was 5 or 6, never could beat it but it was fun.
Man, I had NO IDEA about ANY of this... great video. And I love and gotta ask why the astronaut helmet on that toy of Tyson too lol... just man, great video, lotta research I'm sure went into this.. especially hiding mullet boy too, once again, at 8:13 haha
I was like "why the space helmet?" too. Then i realized it's intergalactic boxing.
@@optimusprime3484 omg YES lol.... good catch!
Thanks man. Yeah the space helmet was just because it was gonna be Tyson in space originally 😂
GenerationGapGaming lol yeah I can’t believe I didn’t get that little sight gag!
Very clever... and as such, funny now that I get it lol
Man ....I always tried to like Power Punch II....but never could get into it 🥊
That makes two of us 😂
Every review is done in depth with great information and fun. Once again G3 makes another fantastic video.
You are too kind Jason. Thanks for the encouraging words man. Helps push me to do better each video.
I've watched other videos on Punch Out, but this one is really good! Great video!
Thanks so much man!!!!
I have never heard of this game in my life. Great vid guys!!!!
Thanks man!
This game always felt super weird to me, and now I'm glad I'm not the only one. Awesome video my dude!
You are definitely not the only one that feels this way lol
I will eventually snag this just to have it but man it’s just not worthy as a follow up to punch out.
Dude I wouldn't search too hard for it. It's such a turd of a game lol
I have to say ur videos are very helpful i gone back and play the old school games and got threw them. Thanks
Glad they have been able to help you Jose!
So glad to have a new video from you my friend. I hope things are well with you and the family. This is a real neat episode. I really didn’t know anything about this game so thanks. Have a great weekend dood!
Hope you have a great weekend too Reagan. Glad you liked the video. I figured this game deserved a little investigating lol
GenerationGapGaming - definitely. This was one of your best recent videos. Keep them coming though! ;)
This game is crazy difficult! There's a point where the opponents are so overpowered that it becomes impossible to advance.
Another high quality video that exceeded the last. How you continue to carry on this upward momentum is mesmerizing. I had never heard of the game prior to this video, but you covered it in such incredible detail. I would love to try the game just to say I have, but it for sure doesn't stand up to the amazing first game. I would love to see you cover another game with robots.... basewars! I loved that game as a kid!
You're too kind buddy. Appreciate the kind words though
@@GenerationGapGaming I like to recognize greatness and this channel exudes it.
Great video! Maybe, just maybe I’ll try out the game one day but not in no rush to play. 💥🥊
Thanks buddy. Yeah don't get inaa hurry to play it for sure lol
I kind of like Power Punch two! An earth boxer fighting aliens 👽👾! It kind of reminded me of that movie 🎥🍿 ARENA from the late 1980’s to early 1990’s
....that palpatine joke was hilarious.
This was a good one. I could it stop laughing at the code system for this game as well as the trick to skip to the next boxer all the way to the end credits 😂. Thank You for this video GGG
I know dude. When I was able to just keep skipping to the end I was cracking up lol.
Your vids keep getting better and better. Keep rockin
Thanks my friend. I will definitely keep rocking.
Man! Been waiting for this the whole month! Great as always.
Thanks Luis. Sorry it took a while to make this one. Lots of research lol
Thank you for sharing your take on the history of Power Punch II :). I have a lot of history with this game hahaha!
Had Mike Tyson not gone to prison, I believe that he would have ultimately been in this game, despite it not making any real sense to have him fighting aliens from other planets, especially when he already lost to an earthling in 1990.
With Power Punch II, at least the fictional Mark Tyler could be built up as an undefeated champion who never got tested by any fighter on earth. That actually worked out a lot better, in terms of the plot anyway :).
I stumbled upon your page as suggested by RUclips. GREAT content! Already watched a few videos. This one, particularly. I got this game for Christmas in like 92/93. Had no clue about it at all. Thanks for posting this. Always thought this game SUCKED. Still do. Haha. Keep up the great videos. Thanks.
Absolutely terrible game, Beam completely missed the point of PunchOut, and turned what was a rythem title into a war of luck and attrition. Even stranger was they went and made a sequel a few years later as George Foreman's KO Boxing.
I completely agree man. I even recorded gameplay footage playing the George Foreman game because it was so similar to Power Punch II to have in the video. I cut it last minute though lol
Great video!! When I first heard about this game I thought it was supposed to be played using the power glove lol...😂😂
Nipsey I bet it would be just as frustrating with the Power Glove than the regular controller. Thanks for the kind words again man.
Someone who actually does proper research and bases assumptions off of that and own experience with gaming is someone I respect. Great video, learned a lot.
Also lol wow had no idea they made Nightshade, it's definitely underrated, shame the most exposure it got recently was from JonTron trashing it :/
Thanks so much. Yeah obviously I love Nightshade. I really want to do a dedicated video one day
Another great video. Definitely a game that isnt covered on most gaming channels
Thanks Jonathan. That is one reason I wanted to cover it in depth. It's mostly discussed in passing and I thought it was an interesting back story.
This was a really good video thank you. I didn't know anything about this game really out how Sunbeam got their start. I will point out the original "Mike Tyson's Punchout" i don't know about the remake with with Mr. Dream but the star punches were the select button also on the original copy I have. Like most the time i think you did a wonderful job thanks
Still one of my favorite games - With the REAL Mike Tyson!
This was a great video man!!!
Dude, way to do your homework!!! You are on point with your retrospectives. A++++ all the way around.
Thanks buddy! I really appreciate you taking time to say that.
Nintendo didnt renew the license because Mike lost to Buster Douglas in 1990. That killed the mystique that Mike had of being invincible. Also they got the license cheap because Mike wasnt champion yet. He was still a rookie. Once he became champ his fee would have cost much more
Thank you for doing all that you do ! 💕😌
Fantastic shirt my friend. I finally saw an original punch out arcade cabinet a couple days ago. Waaaaaaaay harder than on the nes
It is more difficult. The controls are a little clunky. I still love the arcade though
Little clunky is a gigantic overstatement my friend. Got my ass handed to me by bald bull and he is the second fight!
There was a baseball game I used to rent from Blockbuster that I can't seem to find. The menu screen played the song "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry on loop. I remember it being a solid baseball game with plenty of in-game power-ups. Do you know which game I'm talking about? I can't remember it to save my life.
Not ringing a bell with me Joey. Hopefully one of us can remember
@@GenerationGapGaming Might be a Mandela Effect moment for me.
I still have the Mike Tyson punch out n it still works lol
Please, please, please do a video on Nightmare On Elm Street for NES. Next October is far too long to wait lol
Also, congrats on surpassing 50k subs, well deserved!
Thanks very much Jon. I want to cover Freddy one day for sure dude.
Great video as usual, Tyler!
As a 90’s kid I think this game would have made an awesome Saturday morning cartoon. 😏
Dang man that would have made for a fun cartoon with Tyson every week.
Great video never heard of the game before by 1991 my brothers and I had jumped on the Sega bandwagon. I came back to Nintendo when they put out the Super Nintendo
Ryan I was a Sega kid too then. I chose the Genesis over the SNES. I loved my Sega, but I missed out on quite a bit not having the SNES
Great video buddy! You knocked it out of the park again!
Thanks again Rob! Hope you are having a great 2020 so far
I remember renting this as a kid. Had flaws but was a lot of fun.
I never got a chance to rent it. Definitely better than playing full price lol
Cool info. Punchout was the first NES game I got when I got my first NES console for Christmas. Where did you get the Tyson action figure btw? It's pretty sweet!
Hi, please don't have more than a month "GAP" between videos, love them, thanks!!! lol
We seen mike tyson playing punch out, but we'll ever see him playing the power punch prototype?
Lol. I'm sure he wouldn't do well on it either.
glad this game was not re-released on NSO, otherwise I would've thrown my controller across the room lol
Do you happen to have citations for the sources you mentioned, especially the video game magazines mentioning the whole Tyson affair?
They should remake this game and do it right. It looked like it had some potential. Great vid!
Cesar I agree. I think a proper reimagining could work
Great job!! Really enjoyed it. Thanks
Thanks !😊
EDIT (finished the video and you mentioned this. Great video) I’ve seen in interviews that Mikes legal troubles had nothing to do with why Nintendo dropped him. It had more to do with him losing to Buster Douglas and because he was becoming too expensive. Maybe they were lying.
I'm sure it was a combination of both, but money is almost always the final motivator
Awesome vid as usual my friend !!
Thanks Jimmy!
I think the audio sync is off a smidgen tyler....still top notch though.
Thanks for the feedback Homer. It looks fine on my end, but I'm sorry if the audio was off for you while watching. Hope you still were able to enjoy it.
Good content dude. Keep making your videos. It's good shit
I saw Mike on the Rogan podcast dudes a complete and total pothead had blunts the size of friggin a baseball bat and doesn't work out anymore but still has guns the size of howitzer's
Mike is just natural brute strength and talent. I couldn't imagine what it felt like to actually be in the ring with him in his prime. Absolutely terrifying.
Request for The Blue Marlin, the only fishing game I really enjoyed ever
Harry I love the Blue Marlin! One of the true underrated NES games for sure.
Another dope video bro,,but that shirt is bad ass my guy 💪🏽💯
Thanks Bruce. Yeah man I love the shirt too obviously. I wore it to dinner last night with the family lol
Thank you!
I didn't hear about this game until around 2002 when I got it in a huge collection of ROMS.
My mind was blown but quickly hated it because the gameplay is horrible.
I know when I first learned of it I felt the same way. The game is an absolute turd though 💩
The controls on this game are booty. Or I'm just that bad at it.
I kind of want to go do karate in the garage now.
Go for it Rick!
Heyo Tyler! Ya think you could do a video like this for the 1988 game Godzilla: Monster of Monsters for The Nes? Loved that Game as a kid and really wanna know some stuff behind that underrated game.
I'll look into it man. Thanks for the suggestion for sure
Can you do Godzilla Monster of Monsters on the NES next? I'm sure it has a lot of Secrets and History Behind it.
I'll have to look into it. Thanks for the suggestion
@@GenerationGapGaming No problem Tyler! I've seen more viewers wanting to see this game in the comments and I would like to see that as well. Loving you're content Man!
Can you do a video on mystery quest? I love all your videos!
I will give it a look over Danielle. I actually found that game a few months back at a retro store.
Awesome!! We used to play it as kids, but could never figure it out! Thank you for responding :)
I rented powerpunch 2 one weekend when I was a kid and I couldn't wait to get home and play it. Once I got it home and popped it in, it sucked badly!! I'd rather change a shitty diaper. I asked my dad if we could go ahead and return it the next day and I did homework instead. Good times.
Didn't you have to press select for your power punch in Punchout as well? Or was it the start button?
jeez man i dont know if i wanna play this again lol. I didnt know there were passwords
Yeah dude I wouldn't invest much time into it. Use the passwords lol
Hmm I wonder if that fight skip button combination counts as a speed run. Seriously great work on your research, though I always feel like I say that, but it's the truth. Shame they couldn't keep the license and just make "Mike Tyson in space."
Speed run.....sure lol
I found this game at a antique store for $5 a couple years ago
That's a fair price for sure there Lee. Worth to have in the collection, but not the time to beat lol.
MTPO is my all time fav game! PP2 is my all time most disappointing game. Now that I know more about it, I'm even more disappointed lol. Good vid buddy.
It really is a frustrating game Tony. I can't believe it ever made it to store shelves. Just garbage lol
Awesome video as usual and that shirt is dope man I need to get me one. I heard they're making a sequel.
Thanks man! Are they really making a Step Brothers sequel??
@@GenerationGapGaming so I checked it out because I haven't heard anything in a bit about a sequel and apparently they had something in the works but shut it down so it doesn't look like it's happening, at least not anytime soon. Well that fucking blows lol. Any ideas on your next video? I got a bunch of games I'd love for you to do one on. I'll hit you back with a list.
I just figured Mike Tyson threatened to eat the developer's children if the game was too hard.
I had this cart back in its day. I could never get past the 2nd opponent. The cover art was brilliant, if not a little misleading. No true "Punch-Out" collection is complete without being part of the real trilogy.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
Punch-Out
Power Punch 2
Yes the cover art was well crafted.